Deforestation and vectorial capacity of Anopheles gambiae giles mosquitoes in malaria transmission, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1533-1538

  Afrane, Yaw A ^a,c   Little, Tom J ^b   Lawson, Bernard W ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^d,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPOROZOITE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREES;

EID: 54249167452     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.070781     Document Type: Article

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